https://thebookloversboudoir。wordpres。。。This is my first time reading the poet。 This collection didn’t do much for me so it will likely be my last。 I enjoy different styles of poetry and a broad range of subjects。 It doesn’t matter what a poet chooses to write about or how they choose to convey their message, I need to connect with the work in some way。 I felt no connection to the poems here, which is ironic given the title of the collection。 I felt very distanced from the work。 None of the poem https://thebookloversboudoir。wordpres。。。This is my first time reading the poet。 This collection didn’t do much for me so it will likely be my last。 I enjoy different styles of poetry and a broad range of subjects。 It doesn’t matter what a poet chooses to write about or how they choose to convey their message, I need to connect with the work in some way。 I felt no connection to the poems here, which is ironic given the title of the collection。 I felt very distanced from the work。 None of the poems spoke to me。 。。。more
Polina Trofim,
This is an excellent work that touches on many subtle, fragile, painful and incredibly important topics: feeling of oneself in this world, in relationships with people, toxicity, about how to leave the past and move forward。Usually I swallow such collections like buns, but I read this collection thoughtfully for a very long time。 I needed time to comprehend and accept what had been written, to completely let the written pass through me。 It's great that now there are such works, people suffering This is an excellent work that touches on many subtle, fragile, painful and incredibly important topics: feeling of oneself in this world, in relationships with people, toxicity, about how to leave the past and move forward。Usually I swallow such collections like buns, but I read this collection thoughtfully for a very long time。 I needed time to comprehend and accept what had been written, to completely let the written pass through me。 It's great that now there are such works, people suffering from mental anguish (myself included) can read them and feel that they are not alone。Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book! 。。。more
Madison Estes,
Poetry is highly subjective, but a lot of these poems felt more like daily affirmations than poems to me。 Most of the longer poems feel like the author borrowed common lines or passages from relationship self-help books。 There is a lot of repetition both within many of the poems and across the different poems in the collection。 There were a few solid poems in here, but overall this collection felt generic and repetitive。
Seher,
Thank you, NetGalley for this ARC!I see that a lot of reviewers over here (by here, I mean NetGalley) are cushioning things and saying that we have friends who would like this。 We all have friends who like questionable things, but we have the right to tell them that they are questionable。For self-help advice disguised as poetry and musings, this was remarkably boring, and I didn't see the poetry anywhere in this。 Thank you, NetGalley for this ARC!I see that a lot of reviewers over here (by here, I mean NetGalley) are cushioning things and saying that we have friends who would like this。 We all have friends who like questionable things, but we have the right to tell them that they are questionable。For self-help advice disguised as poetry and musings, this was remarkably boring, and I didn't see the poetry anywhere in this。 。。。more